Welcome to XOWA

Disclaimer

Please note that this program is alpha software, and that there are defects and unfinished features. Many items are works in progress, and are subject to change in future releases. Although it is my best hope that you find this program functional and useful, I make no assurances regarding stability or fitness of purpose. For more details, see Help:License/Program.

Release notes

v0.2.2 features support for sortable and collapsible tables (generously provided by Schnark). It also includes a number of fixes to handle localization.

If you wish to view more details about this release, please see Help:Change log.

Upgrade users

v0.2.1 users: If you are using a non-English wiki, you should click "Set up non-English languages" to get the latest changes.

v0.2.0 users: If you've enabled image download or math rendering, you will need to enable them again.

If you're uncertain about which version number applies to you, please see Help:Upgrade notes for more info.

First time users

If this is the first time you've run XOWA, then you will need to do some further setup.

Simple Wikipedia is a small wiki that fits in 1 GB. It can be setup in about 3 minutes, depending on internet connectivity.
When you are ready to start, click this link:
Set up Simple Wikipedia
Feel free to look around during the import process. You can start at Help:Contents. When the process completes, it will open Simple Wikipedia.
If you encounter problems, please visit Help:Importing the first wiki for more information.
Image support requires additional programs (ImageMagick and Inkscape). These programs will use another 500 MB and can be setup in about 5 minutes.
When you are ready to start, click one of these links:
Set up images (Windows) If the install fails, please visit Set up images (Windows)
Set up images (Linux)
Set up images (Mac OS X)
Non-English language wikis will require extra files. These files will use 45 MB and can be setup in about 1 minute.
When you are ready to start, click this link:
Set up non-English languages If the install fails, please visit Help:Set up languages

Other wikis

FAQs

Please see here for FAQs.

Tips and tricks

Now you can copy and paste any Wikipedia url directly into XOWA and its page will open (and all its images will download.) See Help:Address bar/URLs for more info

Information

This is the Main Page. By default, it lists introductory notes above and available wikis below. You can change the Main Page by clicking Edit in the top right hand corner.

For more information, please visit the Help:Contents page.

List of wikis

simple.wikipedia.org